syAt
syāt, siyāti (as in Pali , AMg. siyā; in only Jain Skt. , see BR ), perhaps ; common at end of Jātaka stories, usually: syāt khalu (punar) bhikṣavaḥ yuṣmākam (rarely omitted) evam asyā (or asyāt), it may be, however, monks, that you may have the idea … , Mv ii.64.2 ; 68.13 ; 72.4, 8, 10 ; 81.17 ; 83.7 ; 89.1, 3, 6 ; 94.5, 8 ; 113.16 ; 114.3 ; 176.15 ; 219.4 ; iii.76.18 , and often in Mv ; so in Mv i.45.1, 5, 8, 11 , read siyāti ( § 29.41 ; Senart siyā ti) punar … evam asya syāt; yasyeha pariśeṣaṃ syān (so mss. ii.3.7 , in i.199.9 syā) nārīye (°yo) jīvitaṃ bhavet Mv i.199.9 = ii.3.7 ( vs ), of what woman there may be perchance remaining in this world a life (of ten months and seven days); Senart reads syā in both places and takes it for the pronoun asyāḥ, which seems to me impossible ( § 21.84 ).