The Sanskrit term Karuṇāpratiṣṭhita can be transliterated into English as Karunapratisthita or Karunapratishthita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Karuṇāpratiṣṭhita (करुणाप्रतिष्ठित) refers to “(one who is) established in compassion”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] However the Bodhisattva, having overcome sixty-two doctrinal viewpoints derived from the root view that there is a permanent substance, produces the supernormal knowledge in the absence of any attachment of view; [...] he is established in compassion (karuṇāpratiṣṭhita); he has realized through skillful means; he produces the supernormal knowledge because he is endowed with such a dharma; he, having been elevated into the place of awakening by the supernormal knowledges, attains the mastery of all dharmas by the supernormal knowledges; [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Pratishthita, Karuna.

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