[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.1201 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1201 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1201 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1201) 12) \*Boon from Durvāsas.\* Once Durvāsas accompanied by his disciples, came to Duryodhana's palace, and Duryodhana decided somehow or other to befriend and use the maharṣi as a weapon against the Pāṇḍavas. He housed the maharṣi and his disciples in the palace for a few days and pleased them by careful service at which the maharṣi asked Duryodhana to request for any boon he desired. And, Duryodhana asked the maharṣi to visit the Pāṇḍavas one day in the forest with his disciples when they had finished taking their meals. The maharṣi agreed. And, this was the period of time when Pāñcālī had received the akṣayapātra from Sūrya. Everyday the pātra would produce enough food for the Pāṇḍavas and the other people with them, but it would become empty for the day after Pāñcālī had eaten her food. This was the nature of the akṣayapātra. - [Previous: c5.1200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1200) - [Next: c5.1202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1202) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1201) · Pramāṇa