List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit
| Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit | |
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| Award for contributions to Sanskrit literature | |
| Awarded for | Literary award in India |
| Sponsored by | Sahitya Akademi, Government of India |
| Reward(s) | ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) |
| First award | 1956 |
| Final award | 2024 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 56 |
| First winner | P. V. Kane |
| Most Recent winner | Dipak Kumar Sharma |
| Website | Official website |
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The Sahitya Akademi Award is an annual award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers in 24 Indian languages. The award was instituted and first awarded in 1955. As of 2022, the award carries a monetary reward of ₹1 lakh (US$1,200), a shawl and a copper-plaque. The award for Sanskrit was first given in 1956. The first five awards went to works in other languages, dealing with Sanskrit culture. Since 1967, the award has been given only to works in Sanskrit. The list of Sanskrit language writers who have won the award is given below.