Laghustavacarcastavau 5_428

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iti . kṣoṇibhujaḥ pṛthivīpālāḥ viśo vaiśyāstebhya itare taditare strīśūdrādayaḥ
etena vedānāṃ traivarṇikopāsyatvamāgamānāṃ tu
cāturvarṇyopāsyatvamityadhikāriviśeṣo dhvanyate . tathā ca rudrayāmale-

Thus. "Kings" are the protectors of the earth; "the peoples" are the vaiśyas; "those other than them" are those different from them, namely women, śūdras, and others. By this it is implied that there is a distinction of qualified candidates: the Vedas are to be venerated by the three [higher] social classes, whereas the Tantric scriptures are to be venerated by all four social classes. And likewise in the Rudrayāmala: