 In addition to using the mantras listed above, many Buddhist schools invoke Amitābha's name in a practice known as "nianfo" 念佛 in Chinese and "nembutsu" in Japanese.The proper form of Amitābha's name in Sanskrit is ', masculine, and the nominative singular is '.This is a compound of the Sanskrit words "amita" ("without bound, infinite") and "ābhā" ("light, splendor").