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| Native name | હરિવલ્લભ ચુનીલાલ ભાયાણી |
| Born | Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani (1917-05-26)26 May 1917 Mahuva, Bhavnagar,Gujarat |
| Died | 11 November 2000(2000-11-11) (aged 83) Mumbai, India |
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| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Alma mater | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |
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| Spouse | Chandrakala (m. 1950) |
| Children | Utpal Bhayani |
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Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani (26 May 1917 – 11 November 2000) was a linguist, researcher, critic and translator from India.
Bhayani was born on 26 May 1917 inMahuva to DasaShrimaliJainSthanakvasi family of Chunilal. His parents died when he was young and was raised by his grandmother. He passed hismatriculation in 1934 from M. N. High School in Mahuva. He went toSamaldas College,Bhavnagar and completed B. A. in Sanskrit in 1939. He completed M. A. in Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi fromBharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Bombay in 1941.[1] He married Chandrakala in 1950.[2] He completed his thesis onPaumachariya, an epic poetry inApabhramsha by Swayambhudev, and received Ph.D. under guidance ofMuni Jinvijay in 1951. He was also influenced byRalph Lilley Turner during this period. He was a professor at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan from 1945 to 1965. He returned toAhmedabad 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 atLalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology. He also served atInternational School of Dravidian Linguistics in 1980. He received honorary fellowship of theSchool of Oriental and African Studies of theUniversity of London in 1993.[1] In 1993, he co-foundedAnusandhan, a journal featuring Jain literary works.[3] He died on 11 November 2000[4] inMumbai, India.[5]
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Bhayani was a scholar ofSanskrit,Prakrit,Apabhramsha,Old Gujarati and other medieval Indian languages.[6] He appliedNeogrammarian in the study of theGujarati language.
His written works include:
Bhayani receivedRanjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1963,Premanand Suvarna Chandrak in 1987,Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in 1989. He was also awardedSahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writers in 1981 for his critical workRachna Samrachna andNarmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1985 for his bookKavyaprakash.[1] He was awarded theP. V. Kane Gold Medal byThe Asiatic Society of Mumbai for the year 1992.[7]
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