ind. (3. sg. Pot. of √ 1. as) it may be, perhaps, perchance (esp. used in Jaina works and occurring in 7 formulas, viz. 1. syād asti, ‘perhaps it is [under certain circumstances]’; 2. syān nāsti, ‘perhaps it is not, &c.’; 3. syād asti ca nāsti ca, ‘perhaps it is and is not [under certain circumstances]’; 4. syād avaktavyaḥ, ‘perhaps it is not expressible in words’; 5. syād asti cāvaktavyaḥ, ‘perhaps it is and is not expressible in words’; 6. syān nāsti cāvaktavyaḥ, ‘perhaps it is not and is and is not expressible in words’; 7. syād asti ca nāsti cāvaktavyaḥ, [Sarvad.]