McKim Marriott’s Theory of “Coded Substance” as an Explanation of Formulaic Turns of Phrase in Certain Vedic and Hindu Prayers, and Its Relationship to Mircea Eliade’s Theory of “The Sacred”

Stephan Hillyer Levitt

doi:10.5771/0257-9774-2011-1-49

Anthropos / McKim Marriott’s Theory of “Coded Substance” as an Explanation of Formulaic Turns of Phrase in Certain Vedic and Hindu Prayers, and Its Relationship to Mircea Eliade’s Theory of “The Sacred”