Cintāmaṇi

Cintāmaṇi · cintā-maṇi, “the gem that gives what is wished”

Kalpavṛksha has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kalpavṛksha.

The cintāmaṇi is the gem that gives what is wished. The Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa names it in praise of the Phala Saptamī Vrata: this vrata, it says, is equal to the cintāmaṇi.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 64

Per Brahma Purāṇa

In the Gautamī Māhātmya of the Brahma Purāṇa, the Cintāmaṇi is a treasure of Indra (Devendra). Brahmā tells Nārada that the daitya Mahāśani, son of Hiraṇya, defeated Indra again and again and kept him bound in the nether worlds, until Varuṇa, Mahāśani’s father-in-law, asked for his release at Bhagavān Vishṇu‘s request. As he handed Indra over, Mahāśani mocked him: his wondrous vajra was cast off somewhere, and still he wished to live, though he had lost the precious jewel Cintāmaṇi, the garden Nandana, the apsarās, his fame, his strength and everything the king of the devas enjoys.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 59

Sources

  • Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 64
  • Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 59