Twelve scrolls of "blue-necked Lord of the world" texts were found in the Dunhuang () stone cave along the Silk Road in today's Gansu () province of China.
The Nīlankantha Dhāraṇī was translated into Chinese by Vajrabodhi (, worked 719-741 T.1112), twice by his disciple Amoghavajra (worked 723-774, T. 1111, T. 1113b) and in the 14th century by Dhyānabhadra (worked 1326-1363, T. 1113a).