Purnima (also Poornima or Pournima), meaning "full moon" in Sanskrit. Purnima may also refer to: Persons with the given name Purnima (Hindi actress) (1934–2013), Indian actress Poornima (Telugu actress), Indian actress mid 1980s Poornima (singer) (1960), Bollywood playback singer Purnima (Bangladeshi actress) (1981), Bangladeshi actress Purnima Banerjee (1911–1951), Indian freedom activist Poornima Bhagyaraj (born 1960), Indian film actress Purnima Choudhary (born 1971), Indian cricketer Purnima Devi (1884–1972), Indian educator Poornima Indrajith, Indian actress and television presenter Purnima Mahato, Indian archer and archery coach Poornima Arvind Pakvasa (1913–2016), Indian social worker Purnima Rau (born 1967), Indian cricketer Purnima Mane, Indian author and global health expert Purnima Shrestha, Nepalese mountaineer and photojournalist Other uses Purnima (film), a 1965 Hindi film starring Dharmendra, Meena Kumari and Mehmood