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Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani

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Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-05-26 （Mahuva, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India）
Died
2000-11-11 （Mumbai, India） age 83
Nationality
Indian
Languages
Gujarati, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha
Religion
Jain (Sthanakvasi)
Residence History
Mahuva (birthplace) → Mumbai (worked/studied) → Ahmedabad (Gujarat University)

Career

Occupations
literary critic, linguist, translator, professor, researcher
Active Years
1941-2000
Affiliations
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (faculty), School of Languages, Gujarat University (professor), Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology (honorary professor), International School of Dravidian Linguistics (visiting), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (honorary fellowship)
Influenced By
Muni Jinvijay, Ralph Lilley Turner
Influenced
Jayant Gadit, Urmi Desai, Utpal Bhayani

Education

Samaldas College, Bhavnagar
Sanskrit
Degree: B.A.
Period: 1936–1939
Year of Graduation: 1939
Country: India
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay
Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi
Degree: M.A.; Ph.D.
Period: 1939–1951
Year of Graduation: 1951
Country: India
Ph.D. thesis on the Apabhramsha epic 'Paumachariya'. Doctoral advisor: Muni Jinvijay.

Awards

Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
1963
Organization: Ranjitram Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award (Gujarati)
1981
Work: Rachana Samrachana (critical work)
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Narmad Suvarna Chandrak
1985
Work: Kavyaprakash
Organization: Narmad Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Premanand Suvarna Chandrak
1987
Organization: Premanand Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
1989
Organization: Gujarati literary bodies
Result: 受賞
P. V. Kane Gold Medal
1992
Organization: The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rachana Samrachana

1980 literary criticism / research

A critical study on the composition and craft of Gujarati literature. One of his major critical works; won the Sahitya Akademi Award.

literary structurecriticism theoryGujarati literature

Kavyaprakash

1985 poetics / literary studies

A study on poetics and its historical context; includes essays related to the work for which he received the Narmad award.

poeticshistorical linguisticsliterary history

Apabhramsha Language and Literature

1989 linguistics / philology

A study of the Apabhramsha language and its literature, dealing with the development of medieval Indian languages.

Apabhramshamedieval Indian languageslanguage change

Bibliography

  • Vyutpattivicara (1975)
  • Shabdakatha (1963)
  • Apabhramsha Language and Literature (1989)
  • Indological Studies (1993)
  • Kavyanum Samvedana (1976)
  • Rachana ane Samrachana (1980)
  • Concise Etymological Dictionary of Gujarati (1994)
  • Te Hi No Divasah (1998) (autobiography)
  • Numerous other scholarly articles and edited volumes

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly and analytical stylehistorical-comparative linguistic approach
Recurring Motifs
application of Neogrammarian methodologystudy of Jain literaturehistory of the Gujarati language

Legacy

Harivallabh Bhayani was a leading scholar in Gujarati and medieval Indian languages whose work in linguistics, philology and literary criticism left a significant legacy. Through numerous studies and critical works he helped establish foundations for Gujarati literary scholarship and is highly regarded in academic circles.

Academic Societies

  • The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
  • Gujarati literary and linguistic societies

Archives

  • Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology (archives)

Trivia

  • Completed matriculation at M. N. High School, Mahuva in 1934.
  • Married Chandrakala in 1950.
  • Co-founded the journal 'Anusandhan' in 1993 focusing on Jain literary works.
  • Doctoral advisor was Muni Jinvijay.
  • Awarded the P. V. Kane Gold Medal by The Asiatic Society of Mumbai in 1992.