Charak Samhita

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यस्य श्लेष्मा प्रकुपितो जिह्वामूलेऽवतिष्ठते| आशु सञ्जनयेच्छोथं जायतेऽस्योपजिह्विका ||१९||

sanskrit

[Different types of swelling at specific sites] Upajivhika: When the vitiated kapha emanates or begins from the root of the tongue and causes swelling suddenly, is called upajivhika (ranula or hypertrophied solitary lingual papilla).

english translation

yasya zleSmA prakupito jihvAmUle'vatiSThate| Azu saJjanayecchothaM jAyate'syopajihvikA ||19||

hk transliteration