As a deity name
Name 554 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 165 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
पूर्णिमा · noun · feminine
पूर्णमासी । वह तिथि जिस दिन चंद्रमा अपने पूरे मंडल के साथ उदय होता है — Śabdasāgara
पूर्णिमा · feminine
a female given name, Purnima, from Sanskrit
पूर्णिमा · feminine
the full moon; a night having a full moon
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पूर्णिमा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्णिमा (pūrṇimā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pūrṇimā f. the night or day of full moon, Rājat.; Sūryas.
pūrṇimā, pūrṇimāsī, pūrṇamā The day of full moon; N. 2. 76.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the night or day of full moon
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pūrṇimā" is the nominative of "pūrṇiman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pūrṇimā f. the night or day of full moon, Rājat.; Sūryas.
pūrṇimā, pūrṇimāsī, pūrṇamā The day of full moon; N. 2. 76.
pūrṇimā f. (-mā) Day of full moon. E. pūrṇa full, (the moon,) imak aff.
pūr˚ṇiman m. N. of a brother of Kaśyapa and son of Marīci and Kalā, BhP.
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