List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit
Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit
(No Awards in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1978)

List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

Section Title: Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit
Table Section Text: (No Awards in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1978)

Year	Author	Work	Notes

1956	Mm. P. V. Kane	History of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IV (Research)	social laws and customs; religious and civil law

1961	Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi	Vaidik Vijnan aur Bhartiya Sanskriti (A study in Hindi) (Research)

1963	B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma	A History of Dvait School of Vedanta and its Literature (Research)

1964	Mm. Gopinath Kaviraj	Tantrik Vangmaya Men Shaktadrishti (Treatise in Hindi) (Research)

1966	V. Raghavan	Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa (Aesthetics)

1967	Ramaroop Pathak	Chitrakavya Kautukam (Poetry)

1968	Satyavrat Shastri	Srigurugovindasimhacharitam (Poetry)	Biography of Guru Gobind Singh

1970	V. Subramanya Sastri	Shabdatarangini (Treatise)	on verbal cognition

1973	M. S. Aney	Sritilakayasornavah (Epic)	Biography of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

1974	Dr. S.B. Warnekar	Shrishivarajyodayam (Epic poem)	68 cantos, on Shivaji

1977	Shanti Bhikshu Shastri	Buddhavijayakavyam (Poetry)	Buddhist

1979	K.N. Ezhuthachan	Keralodayah (Epic)	on history of Kerala

1980	P. C. Devassia	Kristubhagavatam (Epic)	33 cantos, Jesus Christ

1981	Jagannath Pathak	Kapishayani (Poetry)	Poetry collection in 11 chapters, influenced by Persian poetry

1982	P. K. Narayana Pillai	Visvabhanu (Epic)

1983	Pandharinathacharya Galagali	Shri Shambulingeswar Vijaya Campu (Biography)

1984	Shrinath S. Hasurkar	Sindhu-Kanya (Historical novel)

1985	Vasant Trimbak Shevde	Vindhyavasini Vijaya Mahakavyam (Epic)

1986	Kalika Prasad Shukla	Sri Radhacarita Mahakavyam (Epic)

1987	Biswanarayan Shastri	Avinasi (novel)

1988	Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra	Ikshugandha (Short stories)

1989	Ram Karan Sharma	Sandhya (Poetry)

1990	Ogeti Parikshit Sharma	Srimat-Pratap Ranayanam Mahakavyam (Poetry)

1991	Rewa Prasad Dwivedi	Svatantrya Sambhavam (Poetry)	Epic poem on Indian independence movement

1992	Hari Narayan Dikshit	Bhishma Chiritam (Epic)

1993	Jaggu Alwar Iyengar	Jayantika (Novel)

1994	Radhavallabh Tripathi	Sandhanam (Poetry)

1995	Rasik Vihari Joshi	Sri Radha Panchashati

1996	Keshab Chandra Dash	Isha (Poetry)

1997	Shyam Dev Parashar	Triveni (Poetry)

1998	Bachchoolal Awasthi	Pratanini (Poetry)

1999	Srinivas Rath	Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara (Poetry)

2000	S. Srinivasa Sarma	Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati Vijayam (Poetry)

2001	P Sri. Ramachandrudu	Ko Vai Rasah (Essays)

2002	Kashinath Mishra	Harsacarita-Manjari (Poetry)

2003	Bhaskaracharya Tripathi	Nirjharini (Poetry)

2004	Devarshi Kalanath Shastry	Akhyana Vallari (Short Stories)

2005	Swami Rambhadracharya	Sribhargavaraghaviyam (Epic)	Of Paraśurāma and Rāma

2006	Harshadev Madhav	Tava Sparshe Sparshe (Poetry)

2007	Hari Dutt Sharma	Lasallatika (Poetry)

2008	Om Prakash Pande	(Poetry)

2009	Prashasya Mitra Shastri	(Short stories)

2010	Mithila Prasad Tripathi	(Poetry)

2011	Harekrishna Satapathy	Bharatayanam (poetry)

2012	Ramji Thakur	Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi (Poetry)

2013	Radhakant Thakur	Chaladuravani (Poetry)

2014	Prabhu Nath Dwivedi	Kanakalochanaha (Short stories)

2015	Ram Shankar Awasthi	Vanadevi (Epic)

2016	Sitanath Acharya	Kavyanirjhari	Poetry

2017	Niranjan Mishra	Gangaputravadanam	Poetry

2018	Rama Kant Shukla	Mama Janani	Poetry

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Kalika Prasad Shukla won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in the year 1986 for the epic poem Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam.

final_sentence: Kalika Prasad Shukla won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in the year 1986 for the epic poem Śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam.