Dighanikaya 12.501

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Evaṃ me sutaṃ…pe… kosalesūti lohiccasuttaṃ. Tatrāyaṃ anuttānapadavaṇṇanā. Sālavatikāti tassa gāmassa nāmaṃ, so kira vatiyā viya samantato sālapantiyā parikkhitto. Tasmā sālavatikāti vuccati. Lohiccoti tassa brāhmaṇassa nāmaṃ.

"Thus have I heard… among the Kosalans": this is the Lohicca Sutta. Therein, this is the explanation of the obscure words. Sālavatikā is the name of that village; it was, it is said, enclosed on all sides by a row of sāl trees like an enclosure. Therefore it is called Sālavatikā. Lohicca is the name of that brahmin.