12 Kinds of children as per brihat jataka--
- Aurasa--- Born to lawful wife.
- Kshetraja- Born to one's wife with consent of Husband.
- Datta- Given in Adoption.
- Kritima- nursing anyone as ones child.
- Adhama Prabhavan-One born to a wife without husbands knowledge by a low cast man
- Ghudhothpanna-- One born to wife in a similar way as above but from a man of equal caste.
- Apaviddha- ONe neglected after birth.
- Pounarbhava- A child born from second husband after the wife renounces the first husband.
- Kanina----Born to an unmarried girl
- Sahoda-- Born to a second wife
- Kritaka- A child purchased while first is living.
- Dasi prabhava-Born of illegimate connection.
- Unless the Guru apects lagna,chandra or surya either in rasi or amsa the legitimacy of child has to be suspected.
- If the 5th house from Lagna or Chandra whichever is more powerful has a beneficial aspects the person will have lawful children.
- If 5th falls inin one of sanis houses aspected by budha the child will resemble shani,if guru kuja and ravi aspect the same child will be blind
- If 5th house belongs to budha aspected by shani kshetraja is born.( Example - Pandvas)
- If the 5th house belongs to sani with shani in 5th and is aspected by chandra ,the sun will be adopted or datta.
- If 5th house joins kujas saptamsa with shani there and is unaspected by other planets the child will kritima.
- If 5th house falls in sanis varga with ravi there aspected by kuja the child will be Adhama prabhava.
- If the 5th joins kujas amsa with chandra there aspected by sani unaspected by other planets the child will be gudhotpanna.
- If 5th joins sanis varga with kuja there aspected by ravi Apaviddha will be born.
- If 5th falls in Shanis Vargas with shani and chandra aspected by shukra and ravi the child will be Punarbhava.
- If the 5th falls in cancer conjoined or aspected by sun the child will be Kanina.
- If the 5th falls in ravi or chandras divisions with ravi or chandra in it aspected by shukra the child will be sahodha.
- If the 5th falls into malefic signs aspected by powerful malefics unaspected by benifics the person will have no children.
- If the 5th house falls in shukras navamsa aspected by shukra the children will be from concubines.