See Kosambi and Gokhale, Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa, p. cv.
He is supposed to have written the most authoritative commentary on Piṅgala's metrics text. This commentary, entitled Mṛtasañjīvani, is dated to the eleventh century.
Phyllis Granoff, Halāyudha's Prism: Temples and Worship in Medieval North India, contained in: V. Desai & D. Mason, eds., Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Sculptures from North India, Asia Society (New York 1993), pp. 66-97.