As a Vakil he was easily the undisputed leader of the Madras bar;[1] he was described as in his heyday, the 'greatest jurist in India',[2] 'India's foremost lawyer',[1] 'perhaps the great Indian lawyer of modern times',[3] and 'a gigantic intellect' who was 'ultimately worshipped as a legal genius',[4] credited with establishing the fundamental credibility of the office of Vakil against that of Barrister.

He was a central figure in the first generation of the Mylapore clique, and the patriarch of the Vembaukum family.

[5][6] In July 1901, Bhashyam Aiyangar was appointed a Judge of the High Court at Madras,[7] in which position he served until 1904.

[citation needed] Bhashyam Aiyangar was part of the large and celebrated Vembaukum family.

His third daughter was married to eminent lawyer and freedom fighter S. Srinivasa Iyengar,[10] who apprenticed under him, alongside his Vembaukum relatives V. C. Desikachariar and V. C.