Background
Harivallabh was born on 26 May 1917 in Mahuva to Jain Sthanakvasi family.
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Harivallabh Bhayani
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He went to Samaldas College, Bhavnagar and completed Bachelor of Arts in Sanskrit in 1939. He completed M. A. in Sanskrit and Ardhamagadhi from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay in 1941. He completed his thesis on Paumachariya, an epic poetry in Apabhramsha by Swayambhudev, and received Doctor of Philosophy under guidance of Muni Jinvijay in 1951.
Career
He passed his matriculation in 1934 from M. North. High School in Mahuva. 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.
He died on 11 November 2000.
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Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak; Sahitya Akademi Award He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1963. He was also awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writers in 1981 for his critical work Rachna Samrachna.
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.
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Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak; Sahitya Akademi Award He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1963. He was also awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writers in 1981 for his critical work Rachna Samrachna.
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.