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{{Infobox writer
| name = Harivallabh Bhayani
| image = HarivallabhBhayaniPic.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = હરિવલ્લભ ચુનીલાલ ભાયાણી
| native_name_lang = gu
| birth_name = Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1917|5|26}}
| birth_place = [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2000|11|11|1917|5|26}}
| death_place =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Literary critic
* linguist
* translator
}}
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = * Master of Arts
* Ph.D
| alma_mater = [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Educational Trust|Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]
| period =
| genres =
| subject =
| movement =
| notableworks = * ''Rachana Samrachana'' (1980)
| spouse = Chandrakala (m. 1950)
| children = [[Utpal Bhayani]]
| relatives =
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1963)
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1981)
* [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] (1985)
* [[Premanand Suvarna Chandrak]] (1987)
* [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] (1989) }}
| signature = Harivallabh Bhayani signature.jpg
| years_active =
| module ={{Infobox academic
| child = yes
| doctoral_students = {{plainlist|
* [[Jayant Gadit]]
* [[Urmi Desai]]}}
}}
}}

'''Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani''' (26 May 1917 – 11 November 2000) was a linguist, researcher, critic and translator from India.

==Life==
[[File:School of Languages in Gujarat University Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|The School of Languages where Bhayani served as professor]]
Harivallabh was born on 26 May 1917 in [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]] to Dasa [[Shrimali]] [[Jain]] [[Sthanakvasi]] family of Chunilal. His parents died when he was young and was raised by his grandmother. He passed his [[matriculation]] in 1934 from M. N. High School in Mahuva. He went to [[Samaldas College]], [[Bhavnagar]] and completed B. A. in Sanskrit in 1939. He completed M. A. in Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi from [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]], [[Bombay]] in 1941.<ref name=hb>{{cite book|last=Jani|first=Balwant|title=Harivallabha Bhayani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOpfQmlmfiwC&pg=PA1|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-2024-9|pages=1–3|series=[[Makers of Indian Literature]]}}</ref> He married Chandrakala in 1950.<ref name="ReadGujarati.com 2010">{{cite web | title=ગૂર્જર ગૌરવ – ટીના દોશી | website=ReadGujarati.com | date=4 June 2010 | url=http://archive.readgujarati.in/sahitya2/2010/06/04/gurjar-gaurav/ | language=gu | accessdate=16 October 2016}}</ref> He completed his thesis on ''Paumachariya'', an epic poetry in [[Apabhramsha]] by Swayambhudev, and received Ph.D. under guidance of [[Muni Jinvijay]] in 1951. He was also influenced by [[Ralph Lilley Turner]] during this period. He was a professor at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan from 1945 to 1965. He returned to [[Ahmedabad]] and joined School of Languages, [[Gujarat University]]. He taught there from 1965 to 1975. He voluntarily retired in 1975. He served as an honorary professor at [[Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology]]. He also served at [[International School of Dravidian Linguistics]] in 1980. He received honorary fellowship of the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] of the [[University of London]] in 1993.<ref name=hb/> In 1993, he co-founded ''Anusandhan'', a journal featuring Jain literary works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jainpedia.org/themes/people/studying-jainism/contentpage/6/index.html|publisher=Institute of Jainology|title=Indian centres of Jain research|first=Nalini |last=Balbir|accessdate =25 September 2014}}</ref> He died on 11 November 2000.<ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=312-314|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref>

==Works==
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Bhayani was a scholar of [[Sanskrit]], [[Prakrit]], [[Apabhramsha]], [[Old Gujarati language|Old Gujarati]] and other medieval Indian languages.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1697|accessdate=27 September 2014|volume=2|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1697}}</ref> He applied [[Neogrammarian]] in the study of the [[Gujarati language]].

His written works include:
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* ''Vyutpattivicāra'' (1975)
* ''Śabdakathā'' (1963)
* ''Apabhramśa language and literature'' (1989)
* ''Indological studies'' (1993)
* ''Kāvyanuṃ samvedana'' (1976)
* ''Racanā ane samracanā'' (1980)
* ''Gujarātī bhāshānā itihāsanī keṭalīka samasyāo'' (1976)
* ''Setubandha'' (2002)
* ''Prācīna-madhyakālīna Kr̥shṇa-kāvya ane Narasiṃha-svādhyāya'' (1986)
* ''Videharāja ane camatkārī '' (1982)
* ''Lokakathānāṃ mūla ane kula'' (1990)
* ''Śabdaprayogonī pagadandi par'' (1995)
* ''Gujarātī bhāshāno laghu vyutpattikośa'' (1994)
* ''Śodha ane svādhyāya'' (1965)
* ''Gujarātī bhāshānuṃ aitihāsika vyākarana, Ī. sa 1150thi 1550 sudhī '' (1988)
* ''Śabda-parisīlana'' (1973)
* ''Lokasāhitya, sampādana ane saṃśodhana'' (1991)
* ''Bhāratīya sanskāraparamparā ane āpano vartamāna'' (1994)
* ''[[Rāüla vela of Roḍa]]'' (1996)
* ''Anuśīlano'' (1965)
* ''Bhāvana, vibhāvana'' (1991)
* ''Kāvyavyāpāra'' (1982)
* ''Śodhakhoḷanī pagadandḍī para'' (1997)
* ''Kāvyakautuka'' (1987)
* ''Kāvyaprapañca'' (1989)
* ''Studies in Hemacandra's Deśināmamālā'' (1966)
* ''Studies in Deśya Prakrit'' (1988)
* ''Kamalanā tantu'' (1994)
* ''Some topics in the development of OIA, MIA, NIA'' (1997)
* ''Thodoka vyākaraṇa vicāra'' (1969)
* ''Anusandhāna'' (1972)
* ''Śodha aura svādhyāya'' (1996)
* ''Muktak-marmara'' (1998)
* ''Te hi no divasāh'' (1998) (autobiography)
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==Awards==
He received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1963, [[Premanand Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1987, [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] in 1989. He was also awarded [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati|Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writers]] in 1981 for his critical work ''Rachna Samrachna'' and [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1985 for his book ''Kavyaprakash''.<ref name=hb/>

==Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author=Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani|editor1=Mahesh Dave|editor2=Ramesh Oza|title=Dr. Harivallabh Bhayani: a Man of Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=829jAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Image Publication Pvt. Ltd.|location=Mumbai|isbn=978-81-7997-027-0}}

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References ==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author|search=Harivallabh Bhayani}}
* {{Gbooks-author|Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani}}
* [http://vmis.in/Resources/digital_publication_popup?id=76#page/1 Biography of Bhayani] by [[Madhusudan Dhaky|M. A. Dhaky]] in ''Nirgrantha'' Vol.3

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[[Category:Indian literary historians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]
[[Category:Gujarat University faculty]]

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