Anarthas as explained by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

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  • sva-tattva- or jiva-svarupa-bhrama (illusion
    about one's spiritual identity)
  • para-tattva-bhrama (illusion about the
    spiritual identity of the supreme absolute
    truth)
  • sadhya-sadhana-tattva-bhrama (illusion
    about sadhana-bhakti, the means of
    spiritual perfection, and sadhya, the object
    to be obtained by such sadhana, or in
    other words prema-bhakti)
  • maya-tattva-bhrama (illusion about the
    Lord's external energy, maya)

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  • varieties of desires for material enjoyment
    in this world
  • desires for enjoyment in the higher
    planetary systems of Svargaloka
  • desires for the attainment of the eight
    mystic siddhis
  • the desire for impersonal liberation

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  • tuccha-asakti (attachment for useless
    things),
  • kuti-nati (deceitful behavior. The word
    kuti-nati may be broken down into the
    constituent parts ku, bad or evil, and na or
    nati, that which is forbidden. In that case it
    would mean doing wicked deeds or doing
    that which is forbidden)
  • matsarya (envy)
  • sva-pratistha-lalasa (desire for one's own
    fame and prestige)

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  • offences towards Sri Krsna
  • offences towards krsna-nama
  • offences towards krsna-svarupa (the deity
    form of the Lord)
  • offences towards the jivas (living entities
    who are infinitesimal particles of spirit
    belonging to the Lord)