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 in Mahuva to Dasa Shrimali Jain Sthanakvasi family of Chunilal.

[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 received honorary fellowship of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London in 1993.

[5] Bhayani was a scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha, Old Gujarati and other medieval Indian languages.