पूर्णमास

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পূৰ্ণমাস (Assamese script)
ᬧᬹᬃᬡᬫᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
পূর্ণমাস (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰦𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
ပူရ်္ဏမာသ (Burmese script)
પૂર્ણમાસ (Gujarati script)
ਪੂਰ੍ਣਮਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦹꦂꦟꦩꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂧𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
ಪೂರ್ಣಮಾಸ (Kannada script)
បូណ៌មាស (Khmer script)
ປູຣ຺ຓມາສ (Lao script)
പൂര്ണമാസ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡠᡠᡵᢏᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘦𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
ᢒᠤᠤᠷᢏᠠᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧆𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐩𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
ପୂର୍ଣମାସ (Odia script)
ꢦꢹꢬ꣄ꢠꢪꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆩𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖦𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
පූර්‍ණමාස (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩴𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚢𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
பூர்ணமாஸ (Tamil script)
పూర్ణమాస (Telugu script)
ปูรฺณมาส (Thai script)
པཱུ་རྞ་མཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒧𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨢𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hná-mā́Has ~ *pr̥Hná-mā́Hasas (“full moon”). Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬋-𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (pər^ənō-måŋha, “full moon”), Middle Persian pwrm՚ẖ (purrmāh, “full moon”). See also पूर्णमास् (pūrṇamās), attested in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. Equivalent to पूर्ण (pūrṇa, “full”) +‎ मास (māsa, “moon”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /puːɾ.ɳɐ́.mɑː.sɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puːɾ.ɳɐ.mɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

पूर्णमास • (pūrṇámāsa) stem, m

full moon; the day or night of the full moon
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) II.5.2.5:
  तस्माद् वार्त्रघ्नी पूर्णमासे ऽनूच्येते वृधन्वती अमावास्यायाम् ।
  tasmād vārtraghnī pūrṇamāse ʼnūcyete vṛdhanvatī amāvāsyāyām.
  Therefore, verses are uttered at the full moon referring to the slaying of Vrtra, [and] at the new moon referring to his growth.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पूर्णमास
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पूर्णमासः (pūrṇámāsaḥ)	पूर्णमासौ (pūrṇámāsau) पूर्णमासा¹ (pūrṇámāsā¹)	पूर्णमासाः (pūrṇámāsāḥ) पूर्णमासासः¹ (pūrṇámāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	पूर्णमासम् (pūrṇámāsam)	पूर्णमासौ (pūrṇámāsau) पूर्णमासा¹ (pūrṇámāsā¹)	पूर्णमासान् (pūrṇámāsān)
instrumental	पूर्णमासेन (pūrṇámāsena)	पूर्णमासाभ्याम् (pūrṇámāsābhyām)	पूर्णमासैः (pūrṇámāsaiḥ) पूर्णमासेभिः¹ (pūrṇámāsebhiḥ¹)
dative	पूर्णमासाय (pūrṇámāsāya)	पूर्णमासाभ्याम् (pūrṇámāsābhyām)	पूर्णमासेभ्यः (pūrṇámāsebhyaḥ)
ablative	पूर्णमासात् (pūrṇámāsāt)	पूर्णमासाभ्याम् (pūrṇámāsābhyām)	पूर्णमासेभ्यः (pūrṇámāsebhyaḥ)
genitive	पूर्णमासस्य (pūrṇámāsasya)	पूर्णमासयोः (pūrṇámāsayoḥ)	पूर्णमासानाम् (pūrṇámāsānām)
locative	पूर्णमासे (pūrṇámāse)	पूर्णमासयोः (pūrṇámāsayoḥ)	पूर्णमासेषु (pūrṇámāseṣu)
vocative	पूर्णमास (pū́rṇamāsa)	पूर्णमासौ (pū́rṇamāsau) पूर्णमासा¹ (pū́rṇamāsā¹)	पूर्णमासाः (pū́rṇamāsāḥ) पूर्णमासासः¹ (pū́rṇamāsāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: puṇṇamāse (“on the full moon day”, locative)
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀻 (puṇṇamāsī), 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀺𑀫𑀲𑀻 (puṇṇimasī)