There is a tradition in India that the three wise men were actually Saints who perceived a blazing inner light in meditation when Jesus incarnated, and went to find its source, because they knew it represented the coming of an Avatar.
Like everything else, that Sanskrit word has been diminished in the West. What it actually means is an incarnation of God who comes to change all of human history.
Hindu faith doesn’t have any problem with worshiping Jesus Christ as a small-g god. It’s His exclusivity claims they have a big theological problem with.