The Texts · Ancient & Specialized Classics
Camatkāra Cintāmaṇi
चमत्कारचिन्तामणि
Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa · c. 14th century CE per its modern commentator — thinly evidenced · jataka
On the dating: The 14th-century placement (with a Maharashtrian family settled in Mysore) comes from the modern commentator B.B.L. Sharma; we report it as conventional, not established.
What this text is
108 verses — each of the nine planets through the twelve houses — read here in a comparative edition that quotes many parallel authorities per placement.
Nine chapters, one per planet, giving each planet’s results in the twelve houses; the MLBD comparative edition surrounds each verse with parallel Sanskrit quotations from other texts.
Its role in this app
A planets-in-houses and planets-in-signs witness used two ways, kept distinct: as a Sanskrit carrier for verses of texts we cannot otherwise reach (never double-counted as a lineage), and for its own verses.
Editions our research holds
archive-record
MLBD comparative-study edition (Varanasi 1975, reprinted to 2001) — the best copy.
in copyright — read for verification only, never republished · scan quality: good
with-bhasha-tika
Old press print with bhāṣā ṭīkā, edition unidentified, likely partial.
copyright status unclear — treated as in-copyright · scan quality: usable
j108-direct
Additional scan, PDF only.
copyright status unclear — treated as in-copyright
What our reading found
Findings from this project's own verification passes — recorded because a source's defects are part of citing it honestly.
The comparative edition carries an explicitly labeled पाश्चात्यमत ("the Western view") layer — the "older spouse" clause for Saturn in the 7th enters under that label, which is exactly how we established that "Saturn in the 7th delays marriage" is a modern reading, not a classical one. The label must travel with any citation.
Readings on this site cite texts at chapter level, with verse numbers only where our research verified the passage in a named edition. How conflicts between texts are resolved is documented on the conventions page.