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


Biography

Bhayani was born on 26 May 1917 in 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
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in 1934 from M. N. High School in Mahuva. He went to
Samaldas College Samaldas Arts College or Samaldas College is a college in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1885 by Takhtsinhji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in memory of his Diwan (minister) Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta. It is one of the oldest ...
,
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and completed B.A. in Sanskrit in 1939. He completed M.A. in Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi from
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,
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in 1941. He married Chandrakala in 1950. 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
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and joined School of Languages,
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. 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
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of the
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in 1993. In 1993, he co-founded ''Anusandhan'', a journal featuring Jain literary works. He died on 11 November 2000 in
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, India.


Works

Bhayani was a scholar of
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,
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, Apabhramsha, Old Gujarati and other medieval Indian languages. He applied
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in the study of the
Gujarati language Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with ...
. His written works include: * ''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)


Awards

Bhayani received
Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. It is a ...
in 1963,
Premanand Suvarna Chandrak The Premanand Suvarna Chandrak or Premanand Gold Medal is a literary honour awarded every two years, though sometimes annually, to an established Gujarati writer in order to recognize and promote excellence in Gujarati writing. It is given by an in ...
in 1987,
Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar The Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar ( Gujarati: સાહિત્ય ગૌરવ પુરસ્કાર), also known as Sahitya Gaurav Award, is a literary honour in Gujarat, India. The award is conferred by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and the Government ...
in 1989. He was also awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writers in 1981 for his critical work ''Rachna Samrachna'' and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1985 for his book ''Kavyaprakash''. He was awarded the P. V. Kane Gold Medal by
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for the year 1992.


See also

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List of Gujarati-language writers The following is an alphabetical list of Gujarati writers who has contributed in Gujarati literature; presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Gu ...


References


Further reading

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External links

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Biography of Bhayani
by M. A. Dhaky in ''Nirgrantha'' Vol.3 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhayani, Harivallabh Writers from Gujarat Gujarati-language writers 1917 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Indian linguists Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati People from Bhavnagar district Indian literary historians Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Academic staff of Gujarat University