पूर्णमास

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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.ɳɐˈmɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

पूर्णमास • (pūrṇámāsa) stem, m

1. 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 (pūrṇámāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पूर्णमासः pūrṇámāsaḥ	पूर्णमासौ / पूर्णमासा¹ pūrṇámāsau / pūrṇámāsā¹	पूर्णमासाः / पूर्णमासासः¹ pūrṇámāsāḥ / pūrṇámāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पूर्णमास pū́rṇamāsa	पूर्णमासौ / पूर्णमासा¹ pū́rṇamāsau / pū́rṇamāsā¹	पूर्णमासाः / पूर्णमासासः¹ pū́rṇamāsāḥ / pū́rṇamāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पूर्णमासम् pūrṇámāsam	पूर्णमासौ / पूर्णमासा¹ pūrṇámāsau / pūrṇámāsā¹	पूर्णमासान् pūrṇámāsān
Instrumental	पूर्णमासेन pūrṇámāsena	पूर्णमासाभ्याम् pūrṇámāsābhyām	पूर्णमासैः / पूर्णमासेभिः¹ pūrṇámāsaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

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