Akshaya means that which never diminishes. Tradition places on this day the gift of the Akshaya Patra to the Pandavas in exile, the descent of the Ganga, and the beginning of Vyasa's dictation of the Mahabharata to Ganesha.
Source: Mahabharata, Vana Parva
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