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Symbolism and Significance of Dvi (२) - Number Two (2)

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                                                  Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaaya Namaha! Two heads (brains) are better than one; unless two hands meet there won’t be a clap (sound), these are some of the general sayings that we keep hearing in our day to day life. It is a fact that unless two entities join together an objective cannot be achieved. The concept emphasizes the significance of working together, collective decision making, joint venture, partnership, utilization of quality circle, team work etc. in solving problems and finding solutions be it domestic or non domestic. In the backdrop of the theory of duality, number Two (2) has taken birth.  In our day to day life we find several such living examples of duality like that of wife and hu...

Symbolism and Significance of Number One - Eka (१)

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Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! “As life unfolds from the cradle to the grave, there is an ever moving pageant of numbers so that one cannot deny the great truth behind them.” In continuation to the earlier post under the label Significance and Symbolism of numbers from a Hindu perspective (link provided below), let us see in the current post what the number ONE signifies. Obviously,  ONE signifies unity, supremacy, paramount, solitary, primary, and the best. It is independent of all other numbers and is the source of all other numbers. It has no divisors. In philosophical context number one stands for the primordial person who was at the beginning and who will be at the end and who is the source of creation. It symbolizes sovereignty of God who is uniquely superior to all. Pythagoras referred to number One as the Monad (philosophy). It symbolized the crea...