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Harivallabh Bhayani
Native name
હરિવલ્લભ ચુનીલાલ ભાયાણી
BornHarivallabh Chunilal Bhayani
(1917-05-26)26 May 1917
Mahuva, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Died(2000-11-11)11 November 2000
OccupationLiterary critic, Linguist, Translator
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
Education
  • Master of Arts
  • Ph.D
Alma materBharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Notable works
  • Rachana Samrachana (1980)
Notable awards
SpouseChandrakala (m. 1950)
ChildrenUtpal Bhayani
Signature
Harivallabh Bhayani
Academic work
Doctoral studentsJayant Gadit

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

Life

The School of Languages where Bhayani served as professor

Harivallabh 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 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.[1] He married Chandrakala in 1950.[2] 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.[1] In 1993, he co-founded Anusandhan, a journal featuring Jain literary works.[3] He died on 11 November 2000.[4]

Works

Bhayani was a scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha, Old Gujarati and other medieval Indian languages.[5] He applied Neogrammarian in the study of the Gujarati language.

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

He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1963, Premanand Suvarna Chandrak in 1987, Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar 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.[1]

Further reading

  • Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani (2002). Dr. Harivallabh Bhayani, a Man of Letters. Image Publ. ISBN 978-81-7997-027-0.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Jani, Balwant. Eng Hem Chandra Barua. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-81-260-2024-9. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ "ગૂર્જર ગૌરવ – ટીના દોશી". ReadGujarati.com (in Gujarati). 4 June 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ Balbir, Nalini. "Indian centres of Jain research". Institute of Jainology. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ^ Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 312–314. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  5. ^ Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 2. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1697. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0. Retrieved 27 September 2014.