'D' is that which expresses 'light' and this can be seen within 'deva' meaning that which comes ( va ) from the light ( d ) it can be seen within 'dipa' the purifying ( pa ) effects of light ( d ) and it can be seen with 'dina' the light ( d ) which comes from the cosmic waters ( na ).

 

'V' expresses 'separation' as seen in 'Vyasa' a great sage who places ( asa ) apart ( vy ) as seen in 'vigraha' meaning to separate ( vi ) from ones grasp ( graha ) and as seen within 'Vaikuntha' meaning that place which is without ( vi ) anxieties ( kuntha ).

 

'D' expressing 'light' and 'V' expressing 'separation' combine to produce 'dvi' and 'dva' words from the language of Sanskrit which represent the numerical figure 'two' and whose meaning is that which separates ( vi ) from the light ( d ) as in the 'one' becoming 'two'.

 

 

'Dvi' meaning 'two' expands as 'dvipa' meaning 'island' as in that which possesses water ( ap ) on both sides ( dvi ) as seen within 'Svetadvipa' meaning the white ( sveta ) island ( dvipa ) and 'Navadvipa' the nine ( nava ) islands ( dvipa ) of Mayapur.

 

'Dvipa' a word from the language of Sanskrit whose meaning is 'island' corrupts to become 'doab' a word from the language of Hindi whose meaning is 'island' as in that which is surrounded on both sides ( do ) by water ( ab ).

 

'Dvipa' meaning 'island' which becomes 'doab' meaning 'island' departs from the shores of Vedic India and may be seen as 'duber' meaning 'double bank' and 'dofer' meaning 'waters' and from this the shiny white cliffs of 'Dover' which was once surrounded on both sides by water.

 

 

'Dva' whose meaning is 'two' can be seen within 'duo' a word from Latin whose meaning is 'two' and this then forms 'doubt' a word whose meaning is one who is within 'two minds' and also the word 'dubious' meaning one who is in 'two minds'.

 

'Dvi' whose meaning is 'two' expands to become 'dvipad' meaning 'two footed' and this is seen in 'biped' a word from the language of Latin meaning an animal with 'two feet' and the 'ped' meaning 'foot' is the Sanskrit 'pada' whose meaning is 'foot'.

 

'Dvi' whose meaning is 'two' can be seen within 'dis' a word from the language of Latin whose meaning is 'two' and this expands as 'dicha' meaning 'two' which then becomes 'dichotomy' a word from Latin whose meaning is a contrast between two things.

 

 

'Dvi' whose meaning is 'two' which becomes 'dis' a word from Latin whose meaning is 'two' is seen within 'discard' whose meaning is to 'separate' its seen within 'distill' whose meaning is to 'separate' and its seen within 'distinguish' whose meaning is to 'separate'.

 

'Dvi' whose meaning is 'two' which becomes 'dis' a word from Latin whose meaning is 'two' can be seen within 'display' whose meaning is to 'fold apart' its seen within 'dessert' as in that which has been 'separated' from the main course and its seen within 'digest' whose meaning is to 'set apart'.

 

'Dvi' whose meaning is 'two' which becomes 'dis' a word from Latin meaning 'two' can be seen within 'differ' a word from Latin meaning to 'separate' and from this comes the word 'difference' and there are said to be some 1700 words which spring from this root 'dis' whose origins are the Sanskrit 'dvi' meaning 'two'.

 

 

'Dvi' and 'dva' whose meanings are 'two' departs the shores of Vedic India where the dental 'D' becomes a dental 'T' hence 'dva' becomes the Old English 'twa' the Proto Germanic "twa' the Anglo Saxon 'twa' and from this linguistic soup evolves the word 'two' whose origin is the language of Sanskrit and that which separates ( v ) from the light ( d ).

 

“It is India that has given us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by way of ten symbols. In appreciating let us recall that this eluded even Archimedes and Appolonius two of antiquities greatest mathematical geniuses”. The 13th century Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci Da Pisa, he of the Fibonacci numbers.

 

"Our decimal system, which is derived from Hindu mathematics, where its use is attested already from the first centuries of our era. It must be noted moreover that the conception of zero as a number, and not as a simple symbol of separation, and its introduction into calculations, also count amongst the original contribution of the Hindus." Bourbaki, Nicolas (1998), Elements of the History of Mathematics.