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कानीनश्च सहोढश्च कन्यायां यश्च जायते । वोढारं पितरं तस्य प्राहुः शास्त्रविदो जनाः॥५-१३८-८॥

A child born to an unmarried girl—whether termed kānīna or sahoḍha—is, according to those learned in the śāstras, to be regarded as having the husband (the man who marries her) as his father.

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