page_title: Rewa Prasad Dwivedi
section_title: State and Local Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Rewa Prasad Dwivedi / Awards and Honors / State and Local Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Acharya Rewa Prasad Dwivedi receiving Kabir Samman from President of India, Mahamahim Kovind, one of India's national awards sponsored by Madhya Pradesh Government. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Shivraj Singh
context_page_description: Sahitya-Ratna Mahamahopadhyay Acharya Rewa Prasad Dwivedi "Sanatana" is a Sanskrit literature scholar, poet, writer, and critic, known for:
  Writing voluminous new Sanskrit literature in the form of epics and lyrics, plays, and prose.
  Establishing new literary principles in Sanskrit Sahitya Sastra.
  Preserving the works of all major Sanskrit scholars of the past two millennia for future generations.
  His total literary output exceeds that of all leading Sanskrit scholars of the past two millennia. He is the youngest winner of Certificate of Honour by President of India, at age 43, the award is usually reserved for scholars over age 60. He has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, three Ratna awards, the prestigious P.V. Kane Gold Medal from the 215-year old The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, three honorary Mahamahopadhyaya titles, a Mahamahadhyapak title, and dozens of India's national and state level awards, honors, and felicitations. The Asiatic Society of Mumbai also awarded Acharya Dwivedi its Honorary Fellowship, a 204-year-old fellowship awarded only to 130 individuals in the Society's history, including to legends such as Mahamahopadhyay P.V.
context_section_description: Four times Sahitya Puraskara, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow, 1975, 1979, 1980,1982.
  Two times Mitra Puraskara, Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad, Bhopal, 1965, 1971.
  Bhoja Puraskara, Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Bhopal, 1980.
  Vishista Puraskar, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan, Lucknow, 2002.
  Valmiki Puraskara, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthana, 2004.
  Karpatraswami Puraskar, Sampoornanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, 2018.
  Chawbe Vishvesvaranath Medal, for standing first in Acharya Exams, Banaras Hindu University, 1956.
  Senior Academic Award Medal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 1985.
  Distinguished Alumnus Award, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2009.
caption: Acharya Dwivedi receiving Kabir Samman from President Mahamahim Kovind, November 2017.
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