पुम्, पुत्, पुत्र
[pum, put, putra] IAST: PUM, PUT, PUTRA
पुम् alias पुत् is a hell. Those who die without children go to this hell and he who saves one from this hell is called पुत्र . [mh-1-74-38 ] .
( Because a son of his own, by birth, saves a father from the hell called 'Put' he is called Putra )
There are twelve different kinds of 'Putras' (sons) .
औरसपुत्र
A son born to a wife of his own caste begot by the husband himself is called औरसपुत्र .
क्षेत्रजपुत्र
If one dies without children or is impotent or possessed of a disease, his wife is lawfully allowed to lie with the brother of the husband to get a child. The son born of such a union is called क्षेत्रजपुत्र .
दत्तपुत्र
When one is worrying miserably for getting a son and if at that time a husband and wife willingly hand over a son born to them by mutual consent with the following words: " दत्तपुत्र This son becomes your own from now" with a religious sprinkling of water, such a son is called
कृत्रिमपुत्र
A son adopted from one's own caste for the purpose of doing the obsequial ceremonies for the manes is called कृत्रिमपुत्र .
गूढोत्पन्न
A son born to one's wife by another man is called गूढोत्पन्न .
अपविद्धपुत्र
When a son is rejected by either a father or mother or by both and that son is taken care of and brought up by another man, that son becomes an अपविद्धपुत्र .
कानीनपुत्र
If a son is born to a virgin before marriage while living with her father, that son is called a कानीनपुत्र .
सहोढपुत्र
When a girl is married while pregnant the son born to her after marriage is called a सहोढपुत्र .
क्रीतकपुत्र
A son purchased and brought up by a sonless man is called क्रीतकपुत्र .
पौनर्भवपुत्र
A son born to a woman after becoming a widow or after being divorced by her husband by her willingly going with another man is called a पौनर्भवपुत्र .
स्वयंदत्तपुत्र
When a son after becoming an orphan or after being abandoned by his parents goes willingly to another man and remains with him as his son, that son is called स्वयंदत्तपुत्र .
शौद्र पारशव पुत्र
A son born to a ब्रह्मिन् of a शूद्र wife.
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