Paunarbhava
Paunarbhava, “son of a maiden given twice”
Grammar: masculine noun, from punarbhū (a woman given or married a second time): “born of one given again”. The text prints it as punarbhava.
Meaning: a son born after a man carries off by force a maiden already given to another and marries her; one of the six kinds of sons who are sons in name only and do not inherit.
In the scriptures: Sanatkumāra asks Brahmā what a dāyāda (a son who inherits) is, and Pitāmaha smiles and answers. The first six kinds, aurasa, kshetraja, datta, kṛtrima, gūḍhotpanna and apaviddha, receive the ṛṇa (debt), the piṇḍa, the dhana (wealth), the kriyā (rites), the gotra-sāmya (sameness of gotra), the kula-vṛtti (family calling) and the pratishṭhā (standing). The other six, kānīna, sahoḍha, krīta, punarbhava, svayaṃdatta and pāraśava, do not receive these: they are sons in name only, not born of the father’s kula and gotra. The punarbhava is one with “two marks”: the son born after a man carries off by force a maiden already given to another and marries her. After this teaching Dharma and Ahiṃsā give Sanatkumāra to Brahmā as his son (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35).
Related terms: Dāyāda · Kānīna · Sahoḍha · Pāraśava · Putra
Sources
- Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35