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पूर्णमास्

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hná-mā́Has ~ *pr̥Hná-mā́Hasas (full moon). Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬋-𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (pərənō-måŋha, full moon), Middle Persian pwrm՚ẖ (purrmāh, full moon). See also पूर्णमास (pūrṇamāsa), attested in the Yajurveda. Equivalent to पूर्ण (pūrṇa, full) +‎ मास् (mās, moon).

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    पूर्णमास् (pūrṇámās) stemm

    1. full moon; the day or night of the full moon
      • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 11.2.4.7:
        मन एव पूर्णमाः। पूर्णमिव हीदं मनो...
        mana eva pūrṇamāḥ. pūrṇamiva hīdaṃ mano...
        The full moon [represents] the mind, for full, as it were, is this mind...

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