As a Hindi name
गूढ़ज · noun · masculine
बाहर प्रकार के पुत्रों में से एक । वह पुत्र जिसे पति के घर रहते हुए भी पत्नी ने अपने किस ी गुप्त जार से पैदा किया हो और वह जार उसके पति का सवर्ण ही हो — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
born privately (a son born during the absence of the husband, the real father being unknown; one of the 12 forms particularised in Hindū law, the child belonging to the husband of…
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
gūḍha—ja mfn. (= gūḍhotpanna) born privately (a son born during the absence of the husband, the real father being unknown; one of the 12 forms particularised in Hindū law, the child belonging to the husband of the disloyal wife), ii, 129.
gūḍhaja m. (-jaḥ) The son of a concealed birth; born privately of a woman whose husband is absent, the real father being unknown; this is one of the twelve forms particularized in Hindu law. E. gūḍha hidden, and ja born; also compounded with puttra a son, gūḍhajaputtra.
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