Sahoḍha
Sahoḍha · saha-ūḍha, “taken along in marriage”
Grammar: adjective and masculine noun; saha (together with) and ūḍha (taken in marriage): “taken along in marriage”, that is, the child who comes with the bride.
Meaning: a son born to a wife who was already pregnant when she was married; the second of the six kinds of sons who are sons in name only and do not inherit.
In the scriptures: Brahmā tells Sanatkumāra that he will be his son if his mother and father give him, and Sanatkumāra asks him what a dāyāda (a son who inherits) is. 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 kula and gotra. The sahoḍha is the son born to a wife who was pregnant before the marriage. Brahmā tells him he cannot take him as his son on his word alone. Sanatkumāra then remembers his own parents, and Dharma and Ahiṃsā come and give him to Brahmā as his son (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35).
Related terms: Dāyāda · Kānīna · Krīta · Punarbhava · Svayaṃdatta
Sources
- Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35