Epic / Puranic traditions
Akshaya Patraअक्षय पात्र
Food vessel
The inexhaustible vessel supports the Pandavas’ hospitality during exile, with narrative conditions on its daily use.
STORY & TRADITION
The world of Akshaya Patra.
The inexhaustible vessel supports the Pandavas’ hospitality during exile, with narrative conditions on its daily use.
Artifacts, Divine Treasures & Relics
Details & context.
- Tradition dependence
- High — compare the identified textual or regional account.
- Object class
- Food vessel
- Origin / narrative setting
- Pandava exile
- Owner or associated figure
- Yudhishthira; Draupadi; Surya
- Previous owners
- Not established in the cited passage; no additional claim is made here.
- Associated deity
- Yudhishthira; Draupadi; Surya
- Properties & abilities
- The inexhaustible vessel supports the Pandavas’ hospitality during exile, with narrative conditions on its daily use.
- Symbolic significance
- Not established in the cited passage; no additional claim is made here.
- Stories & events
- Pandava exile
- Traditional location
- No verified present-day custody asserted.
- Editorial rarity
- Sacred archive — no claim of surviving physical possession.
- Tradition notes
- Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
FOLLOW THE THREADS
Connected worlds.
3 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
READ THE SOURCES
Texts & references.
01
Mahabharata — Ganguli translation
Complete epic, translated by K. M. Ganguli.
Mahabharata · Translations and numbering vary by edition. Separate the primary text from its commentary.Reference overview. Consult the identified text and passage; unestablished fields are explicitly marked.